This week in Stamford: the 1951 Little League champions get their trophies back out, a mega thrift market at Mill River, and five days until the first bell

Morning, Stamford. School starts Tuesday, August 25, which makes this the last weekend of the year that belongs entirely to you. The Stamford History Center is opening a mini exhibit Thursday for the 75th anniversary of the city's 1951 Little League World Championship, uniforms and trophies and all, and the 2026 all stars are cutting the ribbon on it. Mill River Park has a thrift market Saturday and a 5K Sunday. And downtown's restaurant weeks start the same day the buses do.

Best for families this week: the Little League exhibit at the History Center Thursday, free, and the Kids Fun Run at Mill River Park Sunday morning at 8, which is a mile of small children and a good cause.

The 1951 Little League World Championship mini exhibit opens at the Stamford History Center, 1508 High Ridge Road. Seventy five years ago Stamford beat Austin, Texas 3 to 0 to win the Little League World Series, and the History Center has pulled out the actual uniforms, bats and gloves, the World Championship and Regional Championship trophies, and Mickey Lione Jr.'s individual trophy, much of it donated by the Lione Family Foundation. There are photographs from Williamsport, from the parade up Atlantic Street, and from the team meeting Cy Young and Sal Maglie. Associate Director for Research and Curation Elena Teeter assembled it, and it carries a first hand account from team member Ed Mazurek, whose advice to whoever comes next is to "win with dignity and respect, and lose with respect." The 2026 Stamford Little League all stars open it. Free, all ages, indoors. Details.

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Powerful Breathwork Experience and Grounding Sound Bath at YogaSix Stamford, 599 Newfield Avenue. Breathwork and a sound bath on a Friday night, which is either exactly your speed or exactly not. Ticketed, adults, indoors. Details.

Stamford and the state are splitting the cost of a $7.46 million rehab of the West Broad Street bridge. The city carries part and Hartford carries the rest, which is the arrangement Stamford has been angling for on infrastructure of this size. Source: Stamford Advocate.

A city worker, David Johnson, is accused of stealing $177,000, and the warrant says gambling "snowballed" on him. It is the arithmetic of how a habit turns into a felony, laid out in a public document. Source: Stamford Advocate.

The Stamford Police Special Response Team won the Connecticut SWAT Challenge for the second year running. The competition ran August 10 through 13 in East Granby against 23 teams from police departments and other agencies across New England. The department's own statement called it "back-to-back," which is the correct register for a second straight win. Source: Patch.

Fleanearme's Mega Thrift Market at Mill River Park, 1010 Washington Boulevard, 11 AM to 5 PM. Secondhand clothing and goods spread across the park on a Saturday, timed almost too neatly against back to school shopping. Free to browse, all ages, outdoors. Details.

CT HorrorFest at the Hilton Stamford Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, 1 First Stamford Place. A horror convention in a hotel ballroom off the interstate, which is the correct setting for a horror convention. Ticketed, check the listing for age guidance, indoors. Details.

Old School vs New School: We Heart R&B at Tequila Escape, 845 Canal Street (Harbor Point). A rhythm and blues night built on the argument every family cookout has already had. Ticketed, 21+, indoors. Details.

The eighth annual Unite to Fight 5K Run and Walk at Mill River Park, 1 Mill River Street. Check in at 7:30 AM, Kids Fun Run at 8, the 5K at 8:15. It benefits Filling in the Blanks, the Fairfield County nonprofit founded in 2013 that sends kids home with a bag of weekend food, now serving more than 10,000 children at over 200 sites across Fairfield, Westchester and Putnam counties. The gap it exists to close is the one between Friday lunch and Monday breakfast, and more than 33,000 children in Fairfield County are on the wrong side of it. Running it the weekend before school starts is not an accident. Ticketed, all ages, outdoors. Details.

DannyP at Humbled Coffeehouse, 575 Hope Street (Springdale). A Sunday set in a coffeehouse, low stakes and pleasant. Free or low cost, all ages, indoors. Details.

Stamford Downtown Summer Restaurant Weeks run Monday, August 24 through September 7, with 29 downtown restaurants offering prix fixe menus. Lunch runs $15 to $20 and dinner $30 to $55. The pricing is not available through GrubHub, DoorDash or UberEats, reservations are recommended, and not every restaurant does both lunch and dinner. Details.

The first day of school for Stamford Public Schools students is Tuesday, August 25. Details.

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